Re: Samsung 2233sw '2sec to black'. Need guidance please.

Thanks PlainBill, so possibly a problem to do with the manufacturing of the transformer. Seems strange that the whole model is effected by this.
How safe would it be to use a different transformer? Would I just have to make sure I use a similar ratio of windings or are there other factors at play aswell?

Re: Samsung 2233sw '2sec to black'. Need guidance please.

Hey everyone,

I'm very sorry for the bump but I also have a Samsung 2233SW here that exhibits this same issue. I have removed the backlight transformers and the impedence for the secondary windings are 6K for S3 and S4 and open (>40MO) for S1 and S2.
I have ordered a replacement transformer as linked to earlier so many thanks for the detailed information and i'll let you know how it goes.

I was also wondering - what could cause these transformers to die like this?
Most (faulty)...